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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by JumpCrisscross on Friday February 09, 2018 @05:05PM (#16344256)
> It's conceptually the same, but keys and locks are not globally secure. They're only locally secure

Criminals in Hong Kong can’t teleport to my door. Local security for locks is fine because the threat is always local.

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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by collinmanderson on Friday February 09, 2018 @09:51PM (#16345574)
> Criminals in Hong Kong can’t teleport to my door.

They might be able to hijack a different IoT device on the network. The more IoT devices, the greater the attack surface.

What if you have guests over and they happen to have a bad virus on their computer or their phone?

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Re:Chrome 68 will mark all HTTP sites as “not secure” by dcow on Friday February 09, 2018 @10:59PM (#16345787)
That is basically my point. People need to have ways to create local enclaves so it's impossible for packets to ever make their way into your zone. And wonxe you do that, local security is perfectly reasonable and desirable.
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